Navigating the ‘oil’ uncertainty
China is the world's largest consumer of oil, therefore an increase in Chinese demand might help oil prices...
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Does the US interest rate rise mean trouble for Emerging Markets?
Depends on your timeframe...
Decoupling Eurozone and US interest rates using unconventional monetary policy
In continental Europe, interest rates tend to swing with their US and UK counterparts only up to 2013 Benoit Mojon Interest rates tend to move together. In Figure 1, we report interest rates on Treasury bonds of five-year maturity for the Eurozone member states that have the best ratings, and for the US, the UK,...
US Fed raises interest rate: Three questions investors need to ask themselves
Hike by the world’s de facto central bank confirms that we’re in a new era of higher inflation and higher interest rates Nigel Green March 16, 2017: The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the second time in three months on Wednesday. It was prompted to do so by strong jobs data, and forecasts...
US interest rate hike could come sooner than later?
Fed Chair Janet Yellen says the economy is almost at full employment and inflation is moving in the direction of the Fed’s goal...
Bank of England keeps interest rate unchanged
Makes no change to its bond buying programme...
US Fed hikes interest rate
The hike is only the second since 2008 IFM Correspondent December 15, 2016: Citing an improving economy, the US Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate on December 14 for the first time in 2016 by a quarter percentage point. In a statement after a two-day meeting, the Fed said policymakers unanimously agreed to lift...
US Fed hints at rate hike
Will wait ‘for some further evidence of continued progress toward its objectives’ IFM Correspondent November 3, 2016: The Federal Reserve on November 2 hinted at hiking interest rates in December. For now, officials voted to keep rates unchanged following a meeting in Washington. They emphasised that the pace of rate hikes will depend on evolution...
US Fed monetary policy: A moving target
Interest rates unchanged following the September meeting Ken Taubes September 26, 2016: As expected, the Federal Reserve Board left interest rates unchanged following the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). In its statement following the meeting, the FOMC said, “The Committee judges that the case for an increase in the federal funds...
Bank of Japan keeps rate steady
Will target 10-year interest rate committing to keep it around zero IFM Correspondent September 21, 2016: Japan’s central bank issued a plethora of changes to its policy approach but kept rate steady. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) said it would start targeting 10-year interest rates, committing to keep them around zero as part of a...